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School refused permission to teach English in municipal schools
Tuesday, 17 November 2009 10:22
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The Times of India 17.11.2009 School refused permission to teach English in municipal schoolsTNN 17 November 2009, 07:11am IST AHMEDABAD: St Xavier's High School, Mirzapur, has been refused permission for its students to teach English to municipal school students. St Xavier's had written to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) seeking permission to teach English in four corporation schools as part of their drive to better English skills among underprivileged students. About 15 students each from class VIII, IX and X had been readied for the project.
The school authorities were surprised when their request was flatly turned away by AMC authorities. The school board of AMC asked the school to send their teachers instead of students for the project.
Father Vincent Paul, principal of St Xavier's, said, "We had sought permission for four schools, but the corporation has denied permission. They even refused permission for a single school. The corporation wants teachers and not students to go and teach the kids." Fr Paul said that in the past the corporation has given the school students permission for such programmes.
Ahmedabad Municipal School Board administrative officer Lagdhir Desai admitted that they have refused permission for the project. "The school had sought permission for its students as they wanted to impart training of teaching English to Gujarati students. They too have a primary school in Gujarati medium. If they want classes for practice they should do it in their school and not in corporation schools," said Desai.
He added that allowing secondary school students to give classes to municipal school students would have also disturbed the academic schedule of the school.
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Plea to check unscientific drilling of borewells
Tuesday, 17 November 2009 10:15
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The New Indian Express 17.11.2009Plea to check unscientific drilling of borewells 
A group of students from Carmel Girls’ Higher Secondary School, who conducted a study on ‘Effects of Rainfall and Soil Conditions’, submitting their r
The study was conducted by a team led by Anju B. Sunil as part of the National Children’s Science Congress in which Aiswarya M.S., Aiswarya Sudhakar, Merin R. and Sheenu Joseph were members. The study was conducted under the guidance of Tissy Mary John. The study found that widespread conversion of paddyfields for non-agricultural purposes has affected the recharging of the aquifer usage of septic tanks and unplanned construction of toilets in areas of high density of population leads to steady deterioration of water quality. The report, which was submitted to Water Resources Minister N.K. Premachandran the other day, has suggested some remedies also. It has demanded an enactment of a legislation for streamlining the sand mining activities in the district. Sincere efforts should be made to tackle the consequences created by global warming and drilling of tube and bore wells should be regulated. The students had selected five stations for the study viz, Shangumugham, Pallichal, Poojappura, Thycaud and Maruthankuzhy.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 November 2009 10:26
50 pc decline in school droputs
Tuesday, 17 November 2009 10:05
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The New Indian Express 17.11.200950 pc decline in school droputs
BANGALORE: Here is a Good news: there is a decline in number of children dropouts and those who dropped out earlier are back to schools. Thanks to the various initiatives by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). Initiatives like tent schools, mobile school bus (where children from different slums are picked and dropped to nearby government school) and mid-day meals have played an important role in bringing down the number of school dropouts. According to Bala Saraswathi, Joint Director (Programmes), SSA, this academic year (2009-10), they have identified 35,637 children under school dropouts across the state. This is almost half, compared to the previous year (2008-09), which was around 72,000. Moreover among the school dropouts 32,715 children so far have enrolled for bridge courses. All of them belong to the age group of 7 to 14 years. The number of dropouts vary even after completion of identification survey. As many of these children’s parents work as construction workers and migrate from one place to another in search of jobs. ‘‘Sometime, there are more dropouts than the identified. We will again do a survey and make them enrol for bridge course in a special drive,’’ she added. Bala Saraswathi said that so far this year, of the total number of identified dropouts, they have completed enrolling atleast 90 per cent children. She said that they also conduct night census, to identify dropouts in urban areas, where census are conducted at bus stands and railway stations. One of the main reason for the school dropouts is migration. In order to keep track of these people, SSA earlier, an inter-state task force has been constituted.
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Kadapa Mayor promises all help to teachers
Friday, 13 November 2009 04:57
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The Hindu 13.11.2009 Kadapa Mayor promises all help to teachers Special Correspondent KADAPA: Kadapa Mayor P. Raveendranatha Reddy on Thursday called upon teachers to construct houses on house sites allotted to them in Kadapa city. Bhoomi puja The Mayor and MLC P. Subba Reddy performed bhoomi puja for the Secondary Grade Teachers Association building to be built at a cost of Rs. 15 lakh in Teachers Colony. The Mayor promised provision of necessary amenities from Kadapa Municipal Corporation if substantial number of teachers come forward to build houses. The MLC assured to resolve the problems of teachers. Teachers House-Building Society chairman Y. Ramakrishna Reddy, vice-chairman Chenchuramaiah, secretary M.V. Subbarayudu, leaders of teachers associations K. Chenchi Reddy, Reddappa Reddy, Mallikarjuna Reddy, engineer Raghuram and municipal corporator O. Balakondaiah participated.
Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2009 05:02
Sports training for students
Friday, 06 November 2009 11:59
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The New Indian Express 06.11.2009 Sports training for students THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kalari, the sports training programme for students belonging to backward families, conducted by the City Corporation is gearing up to form its next batch. The programme, initiated a couple of years ago, trains students from classes V to X in athletics, volleyball, handball, basketball and swimming. As many as 235 students had took part in the programme last year, of which four students had participated in national-level games in their respective sport. For the selection of the new batch, students have been asked to appear with their school card and certificate of the headmaster at Central Stadium on Saturday at 8.30 a.m. The Sports Working Group is in charge of the programme. In a bid to give a boost to the Kalari programme, there are plans to set up a sports hostel by the Corporation, which is expected to materialise this year.
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